Ruth Knowles was born on June 20, 1781 in Nottinghamshire to John Knowles (1733-unknown) and Hannah Wood (1734-unknown).
1803: Ruth married William Wainman in Nottingham at St. Mary's Parish on July 3, 1803 at the age of 22.
1804: Ruth and William have their first child William in 1804. He is baptized on May 27, 1804. William marries three times: Mary Bright (in England), Mary (in New York), and Harriet Preston (in England). William emigrates to New York in 1827 and is a weaver. He has the following children with his second wife Mary: James A. (1839-1911), Margaret (1842-1880), William G. (1848-unknown), Harriet (1852-unknown), Charles E. (1855-1905), and Mary E. (1859-unknown). William is known to have left his youngest children in the care of his daughter Margaret and returns to England sometime after 1860, even though he is a Naturalized US Citizen at this stage. He marries Harriet Preston and they have one child, John George Wainman in 1874. He dies in Nottingham in 1876.
1806: Ruth and William have a daughter named Harriet in 1806. She is born in Nottingham, but nothing else is known of this daughter.
1808: The next child born to the couple is James. James dies quite young. His death is recorded on May 25, 1813- he was probably 4 or 5 years old.
1811: Catherine Wainman is born to Ruth and William in Nottingham. Nothing else is known about this daughter.
1817: On March 10, 1817, Mary is born. She is known to marry a man named William Clayton (1816-unknown). They have two children, Edwin Clayton (1838-unknown) and Emma Clayton (1841-unknown). She is known to live only a couple of houses from her family on Stanhope Street in Nottingham according to the 1841 English Census. Her husband is listed as being a silk stocking maker and they are also housing what seems to be an apprentice, Thomas Wright, who is working as a cotton stocking maker. In the 1851 Census, they are listed as living on 36 Stanhope Street. Now, her father, William, a framework knitter is living with the family. She and her husband are also listed as framework knitters and the daughter, is a lace drawer. The 1861 Census places the family at 83 Alma Terrace. William is still listed as a framework knitter of stockings. Mary is now a dressmaker and their daughter Emma is a Lace Carder. The 1881 Census has the couple living at 13 Wat St. William is a silk weaver still, but Mary is not listed with an occupation at this time. It is unknown when she or husband dies.
1819: Eliza is born on November 23, 1819 in Nottingham. She marries John Rose (1812-1885) in Radford in 1838. They have two children Eliza Harriet (1841-unknown) and William Walter (1842-1923). It is known that Eliza and her husband do not live together long, as he can be found in the census records from 1851 on, but he is living as a boarder. Eliza seems to have taken on boarders to pay her way. She dies in February 1883.
1822: Sarah is the last child born to Ruth. Sarah marries Richard Hinde in June of 1841 who is a mechanic. They have a number of children together: Sarah Ann (1844-unknown), Harriet (1847-unknown), William (1850-unknown), Eliza (1853-unknown), George (1856-unknown), John (1859-unknown), and Agustus (1860-unknown). Though she began her life in Nottingham, Sarah and Richard will move to Yorkshire in their late twenties- Kimberworth and then Brightside Bierlow. She will die in September 1898 in Riding, Northumberland.
1841: The 1841 Census shows Ruth living with her husband, William and her daughter Sarah and son-in-law Richard on Stanhope Street, just two houses from her daughter Mary and son-in-law William. Her husband William is a stocking maker.
1848: Ruth dies in September 1848 in Nottingham.
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